I had my first panic attack in 2008. I remember thinking I was going to die right then and there. But I didn’t die, instead, I ended up at urgent care where an over-worked PA shoved a prescription for Xanax in my face and sent me on my way. I relied solely on medication to control my anxiety for a little under two years.

I have a question for anyone who creates school curricula: why do we teach students to know the difference between a rhombus and a trapezoid, but not how to interpret online marketing messages? Because one of those seems waaaaay more useful to me than the other.